The blast furnace remains the cornerstone of high‐volume ironmaking, utilising complex thermal and chemical reactions to reduce iron oxides into molten iron. Contemporary operations place increasing ...

Rio Tinto has for many years been a trusted supplier to the world’s iron and steel industry, particularly in South East Asia, where its Australian mines offer cost-effective raw material. The company ...

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The process of ironmaking has relied for centuries on iron ore, an impure form of iron oxide, slowly being reduced to iron by carbon monoxide in a furnace. Whether that furnace is the charcoal fire of ...

A new iron making technology developed in China is set to significantly impact the global steel industry. Developed after more than 10 years of research, this method injects finely ground iron ore ...

U.S. Steel says it'll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand. The company made the announcement Thursday.